Interpreting ABGs :

Interpreting ABGs :

Interpreting ABGs Uncompensated
pH abnormal (high or low)
One component abnormal (high or low CO2 or HCO3)
The other component is normal
(The component not causing the acid-base imbalance is still normal)

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Partly compensated
pH not normal (but moving toward normal)
Both CO2 and HCO3 are outside normal range
The component that was normal is changing in order to compensate

Interpreting ABGs :

Interpreting ABGs Compensated
pH normal
Other values abnormal in opposite directions
One is acidotic the other alkaline